
- Professor, Criminal Justice
- Professor, Chemistry
Research Interests
- Chemical Instrumentation
- Electron Microscopy
- Light Microscopy
- Scientific Evidence
Education
- Ph.D. in Criminal Justice, Forensic Science, City University of New York
- M.Ph. in Criminal Justice, City University of New York
Contact
Affiliated Campus(es)
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Areas of Expertise
- Application of X-ray Diffraction to problems of transfer evidence especially soils, paints, etc. particularly qualitative and quantitative analysis of mixtures. Advanced methods of quantitative analysis are of special interest.
- Identification and Individualization of Cosmetics by Chromatography, ATR-FT/IR, and Microscopy.
- Dust Identification and Analysis by PLM and SEM/EDS.
- Individualization of Synthetic Fibers by Thermal Microscopy.
- Identification of Ball Point Inks on Papers by micro ATR-FT/IR, and analytical pyrolysis.
- Individualization of automobile oils and grease by fluorescence spectroscopy and HPLC.
- Fluorescence Spectroscopy applications to criminalistic problems.
- Studies of environmental contamination issues applicable to the SEM/EDS GSR technique.
- Application of Micro-X-ray fluorescence inside SEM sample chambers for micro evidence characterization.
- Forensic Applications of automated image analysis.
- Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography and Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry to forensic transfer evidence evaluation.
- Capillary Electrophoresis applied to Transfer Evidence Analysis.

Contact
Affiliated Campus(es)
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice